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What feeling is created/ feeling?
Lines 20-25 contribute to the central idea by. . .
How does this support a main idea?/ What does this section teach me?
Line 39 highlights. . .
What is emphasized?
Line 27 suggests. . .
What does this line imply? What does this line tell/show us?
Lines 24-25 serve to. . .
What is the result of these lines? / What is the reason for these lines?
Line 58 reveals. . .
What does it show/tell us?
The comparison in line 25 expresses. . .
Why compare these two things?
As used in line 16, "___" most nearly means?
What does "__" mean?
The purpose of ___
What is the goal of this line?
The figurative language
Writing strategy (examples, metaphor, simile, diction, personification, etc.)
How is the author feeling?
In line 47, the mood. . .
How does the reader feel?
The overall central idea of this passage. . .
Note- in multiple choice- "central idea" does not necessarily mean lesson- they likely want whatever was discussed plot-wise.
The exchange between the characters depicts. . .
the exchange shows us what?
Which statement best clarifies. . .
Which statement best supports